Burmese alexandrite

Gem quality alexandrite found in the pegmatite areas in the west of the Mogok valley in Sakangyi or Barnarmyo, and in alluvial placers in the Mogok Stone Tract near Mogok, Kyatpyin towns and Barnardmyo village. One of the best cat's eye finds reported one hundred and twenty miles north east of Mandalay.

Locality details

Country

Myanmar

Region

Sagaing Devision

Province

Mandalay

Locality

Mogok

Latitude

22.9167

Longitude

96.5000

Altitude

3868

Time zone

UTC+6:30

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In recent years, it has become more difficult to get information on the mine situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma), because the country has become so closed. There are many new small private mines, which appear northeast of Mandalayr. To the west of Mogok, near the Kabaing granite intrusions, many pegmatites and some hydrothermal veins occur, especially in the Sakangyi and Barnardmyo areas. From there occasional finds of yellow chrysoberyl and alexandrite have been reported in recent years.